Des Moines, (August 19, 2013) ?The State Judicial Nominating Commission will hold public interviews of the 22 applicants for the Iowa Court of Appeals on August 21 and 22, 2013, beginning at 11:00 a.m. August 21 and 9:40 a.m. August 22. The interviews will be in the Iowa Supreme Court courtroom, 4th Floor, Iowa Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Ave., Des Moines. The public is welcome to attend. The interviews will be streamed live over the Internet. A link to the stream will be on the Iowa Judicial Branch website home page ( www.iowacourts.gov ). The interviews will be limited to 20 minutes for each applicant. The schedule of interviews is below.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
11:00 a.m. Sharon Greer
11:20 Randy Lee Waagmeester
11:40 Douglas Robert Oelschlaeger
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:50 Molly McConville Weber
1:10 Michael Joseph Shubatt
1:30 Peter Christopher Hart
1:50 Frank Cal Tenuta
2:10 Jennifer Lee Miller
2:30 Phillip John Tabor
2:50 Susan Kay Christensen
3:10 Break
3:30 Christopher Lee McDonald
3:50 Alan H. Bjork
4:10 Emily Gould Chafa
4:30 Matt M. Dummermuth
4:50 Mark Dana Cleve
Thursday, August 22
9:40 a.m. Jeanie Kunkle Vaudt
10:00 David Larry Leitner
10:20 Thomas Arthur Mayes
10:40 George Scott Eichhorn
11:00 Break
11:20 Samuel Paul Langholz
11:40 Rebecca Saffin Parrish-Sams
12:00 Alan Roger Ostergren
Completed questionnaires and writing samples submitted by the applicants are available to the public and posted on the Iowa Judicial Branch website at http://www.iowacourts.gov/State_Judicial_Nominating_Commission/Application_Information
The Commission is responsible for screening applicants and sending a slate of nominees to the governor who makes the appointment to the court. The Commission plans to send a slate of three nominees to Governor Branstad. The court of appeals vacancy will occur when Chief Judge Larry J. Eisenhauer retires September 30, 2013.
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